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This lavishly illustrated book is a series of essays about haute couture from 1947-1957 the year Dior died. The book was published to complement the Victoria and Albert Museum's extensive holding of couture clothing.

This lavishly illustrated book is a series of essays about haute couture from 1947-1957 the year Dior died. These tell of the fashion houses of the period, of the people who wore the clothes, the fabric, the photography and magazines that displayed them to the general public. Dec 26, 2013 Heila added it. Shelves: history, photo, fashion. Looked at the photos. Interesting - liked it (: The author works at the V&A museum in London.

Claire Wilcox is Senior Curator in the V&A’s Textiles & Fashion department. This book firmly convinced me that this era, 1947-1957, was truly the highest apex fashion has ever reached.

This lavish book focuses on Parisian and British couture between 1947 and 1957, a decade that Christian Dior described as fashion's 'golden age'.

The Colden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-57. This lavish book focuses on Parisian and British couture between 1947 and 1957, a decade that Christian Dior described as fashion's 'golden age'.

As Claire Wilcox, senior curator of 20th century and contemporary fashion at the . Couture-level dressmaking calls on textiles and embroideries that often are works of art, and wearing couture has long been considered.

I doubt there is a woman alive who, having seen The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957, would be able to single out one dress for special attention. Couture-level dressmaking calls on textiles and embroideries that often are works of art, and wearing couture has long been considered the essence of elegance.

The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947–1957 (2007) Victoria Albert Museum, London, 1998. The Ambassador Magazine: Promoting Post-War British Textiles and Fashion. Victoria Albert Museum, London, 2012

The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947–1957 (2007). From Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s (2013). Selected publications. Victoria Albert Museum, London, 1998. Victoria Albert Museum, London, 2012. V&A Gallery of Fashion. Dior's 'New Look' collection of 1947 shocked and delighted the fashion world, creating a style that symbolised a new femininity

This lavish book focuses on Parisian and British couture between 1947 and 1957, a decade that Christian Dior described as fashion's 'golden age'. Dior's 'New Look' collection of 1947 shocked and delighted the fashion world, creating a style that symbolised a new femininity. The full skirts and hour glass silhouettes were considered highly decadent, synonymous with luxury and extravagance, in marked contrast to the austerity of the war years. Nevertheless, the 'New Look' caught the public imagination and ushered in a period of remarkable creativity

This lavish book focuses on Parisian and British couture between 1947 and 1957, a decade that Christian Dior described as fashion's 'golden age'. The full skirts and hour glass silhouettes were considered highly decadent, synonymous with luxury and extravagance, in marked contrast to the austerity of the war years

This lavish book focuses on Parisian and British couture between 1947 and 1957, a decade that Christian Dior described as fashion's 'golden age'. The full skirts and hour glass silhouettes were considered highly decadent, synonymous with luxury and extravagance, in marked contrast to the austerity of the war years

Balmain in Paris and their London counterparts Norman Hartnell and Hardy .

Balmain in Paris and their London counterparts Norman Hartnell and Hardy Amies. Other successful designers of the time - such as Fath, Griffe, Stiebel, and Michael of. London - will feature in a broad survey of the decade. The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957 is at the V&A from. Saturday 22 September 2007 – Sunday 6 January 2008. The V&A is holding a conference alongside this exhibition on 15 and 16. November 2007. For further information on the books accompanying the exhibition, please.